Hugo emil richter



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H. E. RICHTER.

STENCIL PLATE HOLDER.

N0.312,384. Patented Peb. l7, 1885.

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HUGO EMIL RICHTER, or nansnnn, sAXoNY, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO woLDnMAn LANGBEIN, or SAME PLACE.

STENCIL-PLATE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,384, dated February 17, 1885.

' Application filed August 27,1884. (No model.)

To all whom it 11mg concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO EMIL RICHTER, decorative painter, of the city of Dresden, in the Kingdom of Saxony and German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Holding and Straightening Out Stencil-Plates for Decorative Painters, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for holding and straightening out stencil-plates for decorative painters.

The object of the present invention is to enable the painter to handle his stencil'plates r 5 alone without detriment to the same or the work done, so that he can execute more accurate work than is possible in the ordinary system.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the apparatus.

Figs. 2 and 3 are side views of the same.

The apparatus consists of the rail or rule a, with movable hands I), twolateral arms or holders, c c, and the tension-rail d. The stencilplate is laid flat, then inserted in the jaws of the hinges e e, and fixed in position by means of the fly-screwsfff. The hinges e are arranged to slide on the rail a, and can be fixed in any desired position, according to the breadth desired, by means of the screw 8. If

0 irregular, oval, circular, or other surfaces are to be painted, the apparatus can be made to accommodate itself to the same by means of the adjustable lateral holders or arms a c and the slot and screws 9* 1". Asmall rod of steel 3 5 is in such case laid over or beneath the stencil-plate, and is clamped in the jaws of the hinges e e, in order to attain the desired curve, Fig. 2. If the stencil plate or design has become slack, the tension rods or rails dare extended and fixed in desired position by means of the screw m. The stencilplate is perfectly stretched or under tension in the frame, and can be laid onto any surface, while the right hand is free to carry on the work. A tearing, breaking, or injuring of the stencil-plate is altogether impossible.

' Having now described the nature of my said invention for improvements in apparatus for holding and straightening out stencil-plates for decorative painters, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An apparatus for holding stencil-plates for decorative painters and for placing the same under tension, consisting of the rail'or rule a, jointed or articulated rod or rail 0 c, the adjustable tension-rod d, and the hinges c e on the rails c c, which former are provided with suit-able jaws, so that the said stencil-plate can be applied with one hand to the straight or other surface to be decorated and held firmly against the same, substantially as described, and shown in the drawings.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HUGO EMIL mourns.

l/Vitnesses:

RUDOLF SCHMIDT, CARL ScHRoDER. 

